William Braasch Jr: Norwich, Vermont$300 to establish a new, free, alpine style route on Tathagata Tower, Cirque of the Unclimbables and a secondary objective of a three-day ridge traverse within the Cirque.

Abigail Connell: Mystic, Connecticut$250 to train to be a 5.12 climber by the end of 2018 and travel to El Potrero Chico, Mexico and climb Time Wave Zero (TWZ), IV/V 5.12a.

Anthony DellaValle: Tonawanda, New York$200 for a "Big Walls of the Northeast" trip - a 10 day trip to New Hampshire and the Adirondacks to complete Moby Grape (NH), Whitney-Gilman Ridge (NH), The Diagonal (NY), and Gamesmanship (NY).

Alissa Doherty: Somerville, Massachusetts$250 to make first ascents in a range of serious, unnamed, unclimbed, peaks in a little known corner of the Alaska Range in south-central Alaska.

Rachel Drattler: Maplewood, New Jersey$250 to climb the Southeast face of the Lotus Flower Tower, Cirque of the Unclimbables and potentially climb other peaks and towers in the region.

Arthur Eng: Bear, Delaware$250 to attempt the second ascent of the South Ridge of Mount Russell, Denali National Park.

John Gassel: Somerville, Massachusetts$250 to make first ascents in a range of serious, unnamed, unclimbed, peaks in a little-known corner of the Alaska Range in south-central Alaska.

Gretchen Grebe: Scarborough, Maine$250 to climb the Northeast Face on Pingora and East Ridge of Wolf's Head, Cirque of the Towers, Wind River Range.

James Gurian: Wayne, Pennsylvania$400 for a two month trip out west to train and attempt the East Shoulder of South Howser Tower, Bugaboos and a traverse of the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range.

Robert Johnson: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$500 for a week-long Yosemite trip to climb his first multi-day wall route: the South Face of Washington Column, as well as the East Buttress of Middle Cathedral Rock.

Sarah Keyes: Somerville, Massachusetts$250 to make first ascents in a range of serious, unnamed, unclimbed, peaks in a little-known corner of the Alaska Range in south-central Alaska.

Emmett Lyman: Somerville, Massachusetts$250 to make first ascents in a range of serious, unnamed, unclimbed, peaks in a little-known corner of the Alaska Range in south-central Alaska.

Evgenia Moiseeva: Boston, Massachusetts$300 for a 5 day variation of the Monta Rosa Peaks traverse.

Michael Nawrot: Cambridge, Massachusetts$450 to spend an extended time on glaciers in the Southern Alps in the Aoraki/Mount Cook region and climb alpine routes in the area.

Kira Ratcliffe: Middlebury, Vermont$450 for a two-week trip to the Bugaboo Provincial Park in British Columbia to climb classic alpine trad routes and splitter cracks including the Beckey-Chouinard Route and Sunshine Crack.

Michael Reid: Windham, Maine$250 to develop mountaineering skills in a two-day technical summit attempt on Mt. Hood via the West Crater Rim and continue to evolve diabetes self-management for climber's with type one diabetes.

Valerie Rogotzke: New Haven, Connecticut$800 for a single-day, solo run of the 56-mile Circuito Cóndores in central Chile.

Tyler Rohr: Cambridge, Massachusetts$500 to attempt the first free ascent of Pico Cao Grande, a 455-meter volcanic tower on the island of Sao Tome, via the 15-pitch route Nubivagant (Wandering in the Clouds).

Bernard Rusnock: Hackettstown, New Jersey$400 to climb the Matterhorn from the Italian side and traverse the summit and descend via the Hornli Ridge into Switzerland.

Stormy Saint-Val: Cambridge, Massachusetts$450 for a rock gym pass to improve climbing skill and train to participate in Color The Crag climbing festival.

Jacky Sawyer: New York, New York$350 to advance climbing ability to the next level and build the skill and confidence to lead climb by spending two weeks on a self-designed climbing retreat with experienced climbers in Owens River Gorge and Bishop, California.

Tyler Simon: Stewartsville, New Jersey $200, to climb the Matterhorn from the Italian side and traverse the summit and descend via the Hornli Ridge into Switzerland.

Michael Swartz: Somerville, Massachusetts$500 to attempt the first free ascent of Pico Cao Grande, a 455-meter volcanic tower on the island of Sao Tome, via the 15-pitch route Nubivagant (Wandering in the Clouds).

Suzanna Zak: New Haven, Connecticut$250 to train for high alpine climbing as an all female team, culminating in climbing the Northeast Face of Pingora and the East Ridge of Wolf’s Head, Cirque of the Towers, Wind River Range.

SOUTHEAST REGION:

Marcela Brock: Powder Springs, Georgia$700 to climb Alpamayo via the French Direct route and Quitaraju via the North Face Direct route over the course of 2-3 weeks.

Jeffrey Buckley: Damascus, Virginia$600 for a winter ascent of the Dientes de Navarino in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Weather permitting, and with some ambitious climbing, a full traverse will be attempted.

Samuel Chaneles: Miami Beach, Florida$400 to take a team of 3 on a summit attempt of Aconcagua, the highest summit in South America.

Michelle Farler: Eads, Tennessee$350 for the dream of sleeping under the desert sky and to learn to jam with all the traddies with hopes of climbing the ever perfect Supercrack.

John Gannon: Fairfax, Virginia$400 to summit the Grand Teton via the Full Exum route unguided with a group of veterans in early September (6th-10th).

Austin Goff: Winston Salem, North Carolina$400 to put up new alpine routes in the Chill Lakes area of Cloud Peak Wilderness, Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. There are no currently documented routes in the area.

Alice Hafer: Las Vegas, Florida $650 to send the hardest and longest big wall climb that she has ever attempted in in Tsaranoro, Madagascar.

Gage Holbert: Knoxville, Tennessee$400 for the goal of climbing The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite in an estimated 4 to 5 days.

Matthew Ireland: Louisville, Kentucky$400 to attempt the Cirque of the Towers Traverse located in the Wind River Range.

Nodin de Saillan: Boulder, Colorado$500 for a trip to Chamonix to attempt climbs that can be accessed from the Aiguille de Midi lift, which include the "Petite Aiguille Verte," the "Super Couloir," and the "Cosmiques Arete."

Kimberly Gagnon: Denver, Colorado$365 to become well-versed in multi-pitch technique and process by leading Theater of Shadows at the City of Rocks, Idaho.

Garrett Gregor: Boulder, Colorado$200 for a trip to Fontainebleau to climb his first 8B+ and earn international routesetting credentials.

Pitt Grewe: Sandy, Utah$500 to establish new routes on the granite spires of Ship Island Lake in the Frank Church Wilderness of Idaho.

Jane Jackson: Kelly, Wyoming$300 to spend ten days climbing on Mt. Hooker in the Wind River range in Wyoming with Dana Larkin, with objectives including Gambling in the Winds (5.12) and Jaded Lady (5.12-).

Andrew Hall: Santa Barbara, California$300 to attempt the northeast face of He-Devil, the tallest mountain in the Seven Devil’s Range in Idaho.

Travis Heidepriem: San Francisco, California$1,000 to attempt the Porter Route (VI 5.9 A4) on the Northwest Face of Mt. Asgard on Baffin Island.

Alexandra Hill: Davis, California$1,000 to climb the Exum Ridge in Grand Teton National Park with Tatiana Faramarzi, as well as summiting the Middle Teton via the North Ridge and Symmetry Spire via the Southwest Ridge.

Ethan Higgins: Prescott, Arizona$400 for a trip to the Bugaboos in BC to improve efficiency on long alpine objectives, including climbing the Northeast Ridge on Bugaboo Spire and the Snow Patch route on Snow Patch Spire.

Kevin Kent: Flagstaff, Arizona$1,000 to make a first ascent on either Peak Slesova or Peak 1000 Years of Russian Christianity in the Karavshin area of Kyrgyzstan.

Crystal Lie: Hermosa Beach, California$400 to project the 5.13a lines - “L’Escamaria” in Siurana and “Tequila Sunrise” in Chulilla in an effort to break into the 5.13 sport grade.

Astra Lincoln: Mammoth Lakes, California$1,000 for a human-powered climbing tour through Alaska, the Yukon, and British Columbia, including roughly 3,000 miles of cycling and over 100,000 feet of vertical gain.

Josef Maier: San Luis Obispo, California$250 to free climb Freerider on El Capitan, preceded by a series of climbs in Yosemite, the Northern Sierra, and the Needles to prepare and train.

Marcus McCoy: Nevada City, California$250 to complete four multi-pitch trad climbs on the Watchtower, a subpeak of Tower Peak, in the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park and Hoover Wilderness.

Dane Mulligan: Rancho Mission Viejo, California$800 to summit Denali via the West Buttress as part of a recovery from a broken back and in partnership with a friend climbing the Seven Summits.

Peter Nelson: Santa Cruz, California$350 to train for Astroman (11c, Yosemite) by climbing a series of increasingly challenging crack and multi-pitch routes, including Catchy Corner, Book of Job, Moratorium, Voyager, and the Rostrum.

William Nicewonger: San Diego, California$500 to attempt a single-day free ascent of Time Wave Zero (5.12a, 2,300’) in El Potrero Chico with Justin Wallace.

Jason Ogasian: South Lake Tahoe, California$800 to climb the West Buttress of Denali.

Leslie Pace: Quincy, California$300 to become a competent and confident alpine adventurer through summiting all the 14,000’ peaks in California.

Emily Reinsel: Flagstaff, Arizona$500 to establish a new route up the east face of the Innominate (12,761’) in Wyoming’s Big Horn Mountains.

Caitlin Roake: Stanford, California$300 to run the 72-mile High Sierra Trail and attempt to set an all-female Fastest Known Time.

Will Starks: Truckee, California$250 to attempt an onsight of Positive Affect (19 pitches, 5.12b) on Arco Iris in Cochamo, Chile, as well as alpine objectives in El Chalten, Argentina.

Cathy Tseng: South San Francisco, California$350 to complete four multi-pitch trad climbs on the Watchtower, a subpeak of Tower Peak, in the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park and Hoover Wilderness.

NORTHWESTERN REGION:

The Northwestern Regional Selection Committee was chaired by Erin Schneider. Committee members included Andrew Puhl, Jeremy Bowler, and Ally Imbody.

Jeff Aslan: Bellingham, Washington$700 to climb in the San Carlos de Bariloche and Cochamo regions in Patagonia with his wife Annie.

Robert Bechaud: McCall, Idaho$410 to explore climbing potentia in several relatively unknown climbing areas in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Nate Bender: Missoula, Montana$400 to attempt to set the fastest known time for summiting the 27 peaks in Montana taller than 12,000’, a route encompassing roughly 85 miles and 42,000’ of elevation gain.

Erin Burk: Bend, Oregon$400 to climb the NNW Ridge of Parabola (III, 5.7) and the South Arete of Xanadu (IV, 5.8) in the Arrigetch Peaks of the Brooks Range, Alaska, then float 135 miles of the Alatna River to the town of Allakaket.

Alana Chapko: Seattle, Washington$300 to climb the Kain Face of Mt. Robson in British Columbia.

Lindsay Chutas: Spokane, Washington$300 to climb the Moses Tooth in Alaska via the Ham and Eggs and Shaken Not Stirred Routes.

Zach Clanton: Anchorage, Alaska$400 to attempt the first ascent of the Radelet Arete on Radelet Peak in Canada’s Yukon Territory.

Auri Clark: Juneau, Alaska$400 for an all-female expedition to complete first ascents of two unnamed and unclimbed peaks in the Stikine Icefield.

Ian Dodds: Bozeman, Montana$500 to attempt the east face of Fitzroy, a first free ascent of the west/northwest face of Piergiorgio, and/or the first ascent of the east buttress of Marconi Sur in El Chalten, Argentina.

Rachel McCaffrey: Seattle Washington$300 for a week of alpine climbing in the Bugaboos, with objectives including the Northeast Ridge of Bugaboo Spire, Southwest Ridge of Snowpatch Spire, West Ridge of Pigeon Spire, Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower, South Ridge of Bugaboo Spire.

Nicholas Puma: North Pole, Alaska$300 to summit Mt. Bona (16,421’) of the St. Elias Mountains in eastern Alasia via the Glacier Climb route.

Benjamin Rogers: Sandpoint, Idaho$200 to summit Mt. Hood in Oregon.

Jonathan Skeen: Portland, Oregon$600 to climb the North Face of Mt. Kenya while documenting endangered plants and wildlife as well as receding equatorial glaciers.

Tyler Smallwood: Edmonds, Washington$300 to attempt the Evolution Traverse in the Eastern Sierras of California.

Robin Smith: Seattle, Washington$490 for three days of instruction from She Moves Mountains, a female-led guiding company in Oregon, to become a competent sport climber and leader and to share her knowledge with other women.

Ivy Spiegel Ostrom: Leavenworth, Washington$300 for a two-week trip to the Bugaboo Provincial Park in British Columbia to climb classic alpine trad routes and splitter cracks including the Beckey-Chouinard Route and Sunshine Crack.

David Cahill: North Ferrisburgh, Vermont$200 to climb and ski Mt. Rainier with Nick Williams, Kurt Weiss, and James Turrito.

Brett Carroll: Salt Lake City, Utah$500 to attempt to climb and ski the East Ridge on Mt. Logan.

Nolan Hurd: Golden, Colorado$500 to climb and ski Artesonraju in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, with secondary objectives including climbing and skiing Huascarán Sur or Pisco Oeste, and climb Alpamayo.

Jamie “Coby” Jacobus: Rye, New Hampshire$500 for a ski-mountaineering trip to Chamonix with the goal of skiing steep coulouirs, including the Passerelle Coulouir, Glacier Rond, Cosmiques Couloir, or others, and to ski the Classic Haute Route.

Katie McCaffrey: Auke Bay, Alaska$800 for an all-female ski and snowboard mountaineering project attempting two first ascents of unnamed and unclimbed peaks on the Stikine Icefield in southeast Alaska.

Trevor Summerfield: Reno, Nevada$200 to climb the Hotlum Glacier Route on the northeast side of Mt. Shasta, and ski the more eastern aspect of Shasta down the Wintun Glacier.

Eduardo van Rhede van der Kloot: Old Greenwich, Connecticut$500 to climb and ski a new line in the Niut Range in British Columbia.

Arthur Whitehead: Golden, Colorado$500 to climb and ski Artesonraju in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, with secondary objectives including climbing and skiing Huascarán Sur or Pisco Oeste, and climb Alpamayo.

Keatan Williams: Bozeman, Montana$100 for a single-day ascent of the Liberty Ridge route on Mt. Rainier with a ski descent of the Emmons Glacier.